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The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.
Cover of the first light novel featuring one of the main heroines, Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi.
変態王子と笑わない猫。
(Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.)
GenreHarem, Romantic comedy, Supernatural
Light novel
Written bySou Sagara
Illustrated byKantoku
Published byMedia Factory
ImprintMF Bunko J
DemographicMale
Original runOctober 25, 2010 – present
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written bySou Sagara
Illustrated byOkomeken
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 2011 – present
Volumes6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byYōhei Suzuki
Written byMichiko Itō
Music byTomoki Kikuya
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, TVA, MBS, BS11, RKB, TVh, Animax
Original run April 13, 2013 – June 29, 2013
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. (Japanese: 変態王子と笑わない猫。, Hepburn: Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.), also known by the shorthand HenNeko (変猫。)[1] and Towanai (とわない),[2] is a Japanese light novel series written by Sou Sagara and illustrated by Kantoku. Media Factory has published ten volumes since October 2010. It was adapted into a manga series, running since 2011, and a 12-episode anime television series by J.C.Staff, which aired between April and June 2013. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.

Plot

Yōto Yokodera is a second-year high school student who is arguably the biggest pervert at school. His problem is that he is not good at showing his real emotions. One day, his equally perverted best friend completely transforms and gets rid of his "impure thoughts"; a feat he attributes to the power of the statue of the "Stony Cat". As the rumors suggest, by wishing upon the statue and giving it an offering, one can wish to remove a personality trait from themselves that one does not wish to have anymore. However, this will remove the unwanted trait and give it to someone who does need it.

As Yōto is making his offering to the statue, a girl named Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi arrives to make her wish to be able to be more like an adult and not show her emotions so easily. Both of them wish upon the stony cat and to their surprise the next day at school, Yōto is unable to tell a single lie, and Tsukiko is unable to show any sign of emotion whatsoever. After realizing that they do not like the change that happened, they work together to try and find out who has received their trait that was taken away in order to get it back. They meet Azusa Azuki, an attractive second-year girl who has just transferred into their school. She is always being confessed to by many boys in school, but she has no friends and is always alone. Yōto finds out that Azusa is the one that received his unwanted personality trait and tries to get it back.

Characters

Main characters

Yōto Yokodera (横寺 陽人, Yokodera Yōto)
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji
Yōto is the main protagonist and a second-year in high school. He is secretly a huge pervert yet, because he is unable to say what's on his mind and so cannot truly express his inner self, his deeds are always misunderstood. He even joined the athletics club to be able to watch the girls in swimsuits. One night he heads to the Stony Cat statue to wish for it to take away his façade, since it's getting in the way of his life. However, it isn't until the Stony Cat statue grants his wish that he starts to get into trouble. The Stony Cat statue granted his wish literally, so, for a time, he lost his 'façade' (tatemae) but found that life wasn't as he had imagined it would be. He began to say everything on his mind, including all of his perverted thoughts, causing him to receive the nickname the 'Pervert Prince'. He later returns to the Stony Cat statue to recover his façade from Azusa (who had gained it). Nevertheless, over time, he becomes closer to Tsukiko, Azusa, and Tsukushi.
It is revealed that several years previously he gave up his memories of his time with Tsukasa to the Tsutsukakushi sisters so that they would have memories of their mother.
Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi (筒隠 月子, Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura
Tsukiko is a first-year student at Yōto's high school. She shows her emotions easily and goes to the Stony Cat statue where she wishes to become more mature and less open with her emotions. The Stony Cat statue takes her words literally, and as a result, she has become unable to express any emotions on her face, regardless of the situation.
Despite Yōto's occasional perverted actions, she develops feelings for him and hopes for an advantage over the other girl who pursue him. She even begins stalking Yōto and recording his daily life and tries to gain the upper hand when chatting with Azusa about their relationship with Yōto.
Azusa Azuki (小豆 梓, Azuki Azusa)
Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara
Azusa is a second-year high school student and a very popular girl, despite being flat-chested. She is a loner and has rejected all of the confessions she has received. She likes animals and tends to include bizarre animal similes in conversation. As a result of Yōto's wish on the Stony Cat statue, she temporarily becomes unable to express her honest feelings. While she pretends to be a rich elite, she actually lives in a small apartment and keeps several jobs in a neighboring town in order to be able to afford the act. Before she transferred, she was outcast and bullied in her old school; this ultimately led to her losing trust in people. After Yōto regains his façade, she begins to open up to those around her including Yōto for whom she starts to develop feelings. At his urging she reconciles with Morii and Moriya, her former friends from her old school.
Tsukushi Tsutsukakushi (筒隠 つくし, Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura
Tsukushi is Tsukiko's older sister and the president of the track and field club, where she is referred to as the "Steel King" (鋼鉄の王, Kōtetsu no Ō). In the beginning of the story, she admires Yōto for his eagerness to join the club, and even believes him to act as a pervert because he is under too much pressure. She is deeply in love with her little sister Tsukiko, to the point that she wants to marry her. She confronts Yōto about his relationship with her sister and believes his lie that the person associating with Tsukiko is his "younger identical twin". She eventually falls in love with "Yōto's brother", still unaware of the truth, and decides that they should move to a place where polygamy is legal so that "he" can marry both her and her little sister.
Emi (エミ) / Emanuela Pollarola (エマヌエーラ・ポルラローラ, Emanuēra Porurarōra)
Voiced by: Aimi Terakawa
Emi is a young Italian girl whom Yōto met in the past. Due to her wish on the Stony Cat statue, she temporarily acts as Ponta's sister who came back from Italy. Similarly to Azusa, Emi frequently uses strange analogies in conversation, only she uses plant similes such as calling someone a "stupid pumpkin".

Other characters

Ponta (ポン太)
Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima
Ponta is Yōto's good friend. He told Yōto about the power of the 'Stony Cat' after he himself lost his perverseness because of its power and became a selfless person who engaged in humanitarianism.
Mai Maimaki (舞牧 麻衣, Maimaki Mai)
Voiced by: Yuka Takakura
Mai is the vice president of the athletics club. She admires Tsukushi and wants to be her successor. This puts her at odds with Yōto, who is another candidate for the next club president. Her personality is cold and harsh, which isolates her from others. She is actually jealous of Yōto's ability to make friends easily and they eventually form a platonic friendship. It is hinted that she is more perverted than Yōto. She is the only one of Yōto's classmates who has noticed that Tsukiko, Azusa, and Tsukushi have all fallen in love with Yōto.
Morii (モリイ) and Moriya (モリヤ)
Voiced by: Minami Takahashi (Morii), Aya Suzaki (Moriya)
Morii and Moriya are Azusa's friends from junior-high school. They used to tease her, but were merely trying to be friendly. Azusa makes up with them after Yōto convinces them to apologize for being friendly the wrong way. They believe that Yōto and Azusa are a couple.
Tsukasa Tsutsukakushi (筒隠 つかさ, Tsutsukakushi Tsukasa)
Voiced by: Harumi Sakurai
Tsukasa was the mother of Tsukiko and Tsukushi, who died when they were young due to complications from an infection caused by a flood. She was a very nice person, although she sometimes sounded mean. Following her husband's death, she had her daughters move to Italy and live with her husband's parents due to her poor health. This caused a rift to form between her and Tsukushi, who believed that her mother had abandoned her and Tsukiko. While living alone, Tsukasa handmade clothes for both Tsukiko and Tsukushi, and also took care of Yōto, who would keep her company. Tsukasa was reunited with her daughters prior to her death.
Mrs. Azuki (梓の母親, Azuki no Hahaoya)
Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki
Azusa's mother, who is a very kind person and loves turtles.
The Stony Cat (笑わない猫, Warawanai Neko)
Voiced by: Yurika Kubo
The Stony Cat (also known as the Cat God) is the entity that has been worshiped by the Tsutsukakushi family for generation. It has the ability to grant and revert wishes. It also has the ability to possess people or animals, as shown when it possesses both Azusa and Ponta's rabbit. The Cat God speaks in a female voice.

Media

Light novels

The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. began as a light novel series written by Sou Sagara, with illustrations by Kantoku. The first novel was published by Media Factory on October 25, 2010,[3] and ten total volumes have been released as of May 2015.[4] A drama CD was bundled with a special edition of the sixth light novel volume.[5]

Volume list

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 25, 2010[3]978-4-8401-3555-9
2 January 25, 2011[6]978-4-8401-3800-0
3 May 25, 2011[7]978-4-8401-3893-2
4 September 22, 2011[8]978-4-8401-4207-6
5 March 23, 2012[9]978-4-8401-4528-2
6 March 25, 2013[10][5][[Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-4686-9+%28regular+edition%29+%3Cbr%3E+ISBN+978-4-8401-4973-0+%28special+edition%29 |978-4-8401-4686-9 (regular edition)
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7 October 25, 2013[11]978-4-04-066028-8
8 April 25, 2014[12]978-4-04-066389-0
9 December 25, 2014[13]978-4-04-067316-5
10 May 25, 2015[4]978-4-04-067655-5

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Okomeken, began serialization in the June 2011 issue of Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine. Additionally, the series has been compiled in six tankōbon volumes, released between August 23, 2011,[14] and March 23, 2015.[15] It has been licensed in English by Digital Manga,[16] who released the first three volumes between October 31, 2012, and October 29, 2014.[17][18] A spin-off manga titled Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko. Nya! (変態王子と笑わない猫。にゃ！), illustrated by Kashi, was released in a single volume on March 23, 2013.[19]

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 August 23, 2011[14]978-4-8401-3555-9October 31, 2012[17]978-1-56970-285-7
2 March 23, 2012[20]978-4-8401-4436-0June 25, 2014[21]978-1-56970-328-1
3 October 23, 2012[22]978-4-8401-4736-1October 29, 2014[18]978-1-56970-329-8
4 March 23, 2013[23]978-4-8401-5031-6——
5 January 23, 2014[24]978-4-04-066244-2——
6 March 23, 2015[15]978-4-04-067285-4——

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yōhei Suzuki, aired between April 13[25] and June 29, 2013. It was also simulcast by Crunchyroll.[26] The opening theme is "Fantastic Future" by Yukari Tamura[27] and the ending theme is "Baby Sweet Berry Love" by Yui Ogura.[27] The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America, and it will be released digitally and on home video in June 3, 2014.[28]

Episode list

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Reception

The manga sold 22,076 copies in the week of August 22 to August 28, 2011.[29]

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